My new favorite word: Bowdlerize: 1 : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar 2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content Etymology: Thomas Bowdler, English editor (Bowdler published a cleaned-up version of Shakespeare’s works so tame even the ladies and kids wouldn’t read it). [...]
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